Harrison v. Nixon
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL from the circuit court of the United States for the eastern district of Pennsylvania. Matthias Aspden, on the 6th day of December 1791-, made his will, with the codicils auuexed thereto, as follows : “ These are to certify, that I do hereby annul and revokes all my former wills, giving and bequeathing. my estate, real and persona], to my heir-at-law, first paying all my just debts and funeral expenses, and the following legacies, fiistf to each of the children of my…
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APPEAL from the circuit court of the United States for the eastern district of Pennsylvania. Matthias Aspden, on the 6th day of December 1791-, made his will, with the codicils auuexed thereto, as follows : “ These are to certify, that I do hereby annul and revokes all my former wills, giving and bequeathing. my estate, real and persona], to my heir-at-law, first paying all my just debts and funeral expenses, and the following legacies, fiistf to each of the children of my half brother, Benjamin Hartley deceased, that may be alive at my death, the sum of 100 pounds to each…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Story
Court.
This is the case of an appeal from a decree of the circuit. court of the district of Pennsylvania, in a suit in equity. The bill ivas filed by Samuel Packer, and asserts, thatone-Matthias Aspden, a c-itizfen of Pennsylvania, made his will, dated in Philadelphia, oii the Glh of December. 1701 ; ami- thereby bequeathed all his estate, real and personal, to his heir at law, and - afterwards died in August 1824 , and his will was proved and letters testamentary were taken out in Pennsylvania by the ap-pellee, under which lie has received large sums of'money ; and the bill then asks for a…
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